• Fairfax police released body camera footage of an officer shooting an Annandale man who reached for the officer's gun. Chief Kevin Davis suggested Nehemia Fuentes Banegas, 26, may have been attempting "suicide by police" during a July 28 mental health crisis. Fuentes Banegas, grazed by a shot, told the officer "I wish you would have hit me" and is charged with attempted disarming of an officer. FFXnow, WTOP

• Fairfax County cut funding for high school crossing guards, and families are furious just days into the new year. The Board of Supervisors ended the program during last spring's budget process. Parents in Reston point to South Lakes Drive, where children have been killed before, and call it "multiple accidents waiting to happen." WTOP

• Virginia landed $353M from the Meta settlement over the teen social media addiction lawsuit. The award is part of a broader legal reckoning over social media's effects on young users. FFXnow

• Virginians can now add their driver's license to Apple Wallet. The DMV rolled out the program Wednesday. Residents can use mobile IDs at 250 airports nationwide, including Dulles and Reagan National, plus DMV sites, ABC stores, and select businesses. WTOP

• Fairfax leaders honored the late state Sen. Janet Howell, who died Aug. 2 at 82. Board Chair Jeff McKay called her "an institution" after three decades serving the county. Howell chaired the Senate's finance committee and worked on budget, mental health, and family violence issues. FFXnow

• A driver crashed into a tree on Route 123 in McLean during Wednesday's rush hour. The vehicle crossed into oncoming lanes at Dolley Madison Blvd and Mayflower Drive around 3:51 p.m. The adult male driver went to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. FFXnow

• A Richmond doctor woke to find a bat trying to get into her mouth. Dr. Krista Edelman's viral Instagram warning has been shared more than 33,000 times. She thought it was a field mouse; it was not. WTOP

• An oversized load, reportedly a sculpture, rolled north through Fairfax overnight. VDOT warned of significant delays as the cargo occupied more than two lanes on I-66 and the Beltway between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. FFXnow

• A Westover-area ZIP code just topped Arlington's wealth rankings, and nobody's quite sure why. The 22205 ZIP beat out Rosslyn and North Arlington in the Washington Business Journal's list. It has lower per capita income than 22207 but roughly twice the density, which the researcher says drives its dollars-per-square-foot lead. ARLnow

• Arlington's microtransit pilot has logged 1,500 rides since April, mostly to Metro. About half the trips connected riders to Ballston or East Falls Church. The county calls it a "stopgap" for areas that lack the ridership for full bus service. ARLnow

• The Dulles Sportsplex in Sterling closes Monday after 23 years. The lease expires at the end of August, and management says the owner decided to sell the building to a higher-end industrial user. Thousands of kids learned soccer, football, and basketball there. The Burn

• Kevin Tien's Viet-Cajun concept Chào Ban has landed inside Tysons Galleria. The award-winning chef behind Moon Rabbit and Ballston's Hot Lola's brings spring rolls, brisket pho, and bánh mi with a Louisiana accent. Arlington Magazine

• Two new sweet-and-savory spots are heading to western Fairfax and Loudoun. Tifa Chocolate & Gelato is coming to Herndon's Village Center at Dulles, and Jordanian chain Shawerma Reem makes its NoVA debut on Route 29 in Fairfax. Tifa, Shawerma Reem

• A Reston man is charged with multiple burglaries, including the theft of a gun. FFXnow
• Hershey will close its Tysons pop-up store next month. FFXnow
• A Lidl grocery store might be coming to Plaza America in Reston. FFXnow
• Arlington named the locations of 10 new speed cameras in school zones. ARLnow
• Kith plans a 10,000-square-foot store in Georgetown's old Amazon Books space. Secret DC

Fairfax spent the day answering for what it stopped funding: crossing guards outside a high school, an officer's split-second choice in the woods. The county keeps trimming and explaining, and parents keep doing the arithmetic on their own kids' walk home.

That's the briefing. Stay safe out there. See you tomorrow.

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